Paris: Librairie Ancienne et Moderne Edouard Rouveyre, 1878. Collectible; Very Good. First Edition. Bound in a handsome 1/4 morocco over russet cloth. #41 of 500 copies issued. New endsheets and pastedowns, bright gilt-lettering at the spine. Tight and VG, with the margins to a number of the pages professionally lengthened. Octavo, wonderful frontispiece engraving signed in the plate by Maxime Lalanne. Tale of a 19th century French bookseller.

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Bookseller: Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9838
Title: Un Bouquiniste Parisiene: Le Pere Lecureux
Author: Alexandre Piedagnel
Book Condition: Used - Collectible; Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Librairie Ancienne et Moderne Edouard Rouveyre
Place of Publication: Paris
Date Published: 1878
Keywords: rare bookselling, rare books on books, French bookselling
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Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...